GOD LOVES YOU=AND SO DO I

 

GOD LOVES YOU!-

and so do I

I often tell people-

“GOD LOVES YOU!-

And so do I”

Imagine-my surprise

WHEN I ran across

That very saying

At a Christian book store

On plaques and coffee cups

Needless to say

I bought a couple

I have also ran across

That saying

In religious books-poems-banners-

And bumper stickers

DO YOU really believe that

GOD DOES love you

And more importantly

DO YOU LOVE GOD

And

Do you remain LOYAL to the Lord

“AS the Father loves me-

So I also love you

REMAIN in my love”                                                               John 15:9

The message that

“GOD LOVES YOU!”

Should make us feel

At peace

And make it easier

For us

To RETURN our love to God

By the way

SO DO I

That is what

As Christians 

We are called to do

Jesus said:  “LOVE ONE ANOTHER”                                                 John 15:12

So I ask you again

Do you love God

And do you LOVE OTHERS

Do you STILL LOVE God

WHEN some tragedy or illness strikes

Or when someone CLOSE to you passes away

Do I QUESTION my love

For God

In these moments

Or do I REMAIN

LOYAL TO GOD

“And HOPE (in God)

Does not disappoint us

Because God has POURED OUT

His love

Into our hearts

By the Holy Spirit

Whom he has GIVEN US”                                                  Romans 5:5

And while

We are LOVING ONE ANOTHER

Let us remember

That the ancient Greek philosophy

USED three words to express LOVE

Philia-is a common friendship-

KIND OF LOVE

Eros-is an affection

Or sexual kind of love

And AGAPE is an

UNCONDITIONAL kind of love

The kind of love

GOD has for us

And the kind of love

(IF we are TRUE CHRISTIANS)

We are to have for each other

AS CHRIST'S DISCIPLES

“Let NO DEBT remain outstanding 

Except the CONTINUING DEBT

To LOVE one another

For he who loves

His fellow man

Has FULFILLED the law”                                                      Romans 13:8

SO CONTINUE to love God

And each other

Through illness and physical pain

Through financial hardship

And through relationship difficulties

BE CONSISTENT to this

In good times and bad

What could be

More unconditional than that

GOD LOVES YOU!

And so do I

Today-and every day

OF YOUR LIFE

Robert P. Wallman

May 12th, 2015

Ps       INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine by Father James McKarns 

and sent out 4-29-18 to everyone and on SITES and 5-10-2025